Pastry marker



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PASTRY MARKER Filed Deo. 19, 1945 2 Shee"LS-Sheetv l I u vemor hun, 4,H. P. SHAW 29499553 PASTRY MARKER Filed Dec. 19, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I/1 ventor HARRY SHAW Patented dan. 24, 1950 ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2Claims.

This invention relates to culinary articles and has ior its object toprovide a marker for pies and the like by meansfof which the pie when islaid oir into a series of equally spaced segments to indicate where cutsmay be made.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device for projectinginto a pie which will with one operation plot the pie top into equallydivided segments.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pie slice marker andmeans whereby the same may be exactly centered upon pies of differentdiameters.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying illustrative drawings inwhich:

Figure l is a top plan diagrammatic View of a part of a pie having myinvention applied thereto,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2--2 thereof,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of my pie marker,

Figure i is a top plan View of my device showing its adjusting member,and

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional View thereof.

In the accompanying drawings as above enumerated and in the followingspecication, like characters oi reference indicate like parts throughoutand in which lil, indicates my invention which consists of a disk H,from which is struck a series of blades I2, i3, Id, l5, etc., which areturned down at right angles to the disk and each of which is providedwith an inclined edge iii, il', etc. There is also struck from the diskii, a handheld il', which is turned up at right angles centrally of thedisk and by means oi which the disk is held and operated. All themembers i2 to l5, etc., are spaced somewhat from the marginal peripheryof the disk. Preferably this device is of about half the diameter of theusual size pie and is adapted to be pressed down into the pie asindicated in Figure 2 of the drawings in order to provide thereinequally spaced cuts i9, whereby when the member Il, is withdrawn, itwill be clearly seen just where to make cuts to divide the pie intoequal portions.

In order to exactly center the above described marker upon the pie Iprovide a box 20, of a size to hold a large pie 2|. For the container Ialso provide a lid 22, provided with a cellophane window 23, in the topof the lid and in said Window is a slot 2li, through which the handholdil', projects. In case a pie in the box is of smaller diameter than thewidth of the boX, the

pie can be centered by means of the four corners 25, 29, 2l' and 28, ofthe windows, which is of a size to have these corners reach theperiphery oi the smaller pie, as indicated by the dotted line 29. When alarger standard size pie is used in the device, the periphery thereofwill be disposed as schematically indicated at 30.

It is to be noted that the blades I2 to I5, cut vents in the pie intowhich a knife may be pro'- jected to sever the slices thereof.

Changes in shape. size and rearrangement of details and parts such ascome within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to, inactual practice, if desired.

Having now described my invention that which I claim as new and desireto procure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a pie marking apparatus, a receptacle for a pie plate, a coverdetachably secured on said receptacle, means for cuttingly marking a piepositioned in the pie plate including a monobloc dat base having bladesextending from one surface thereof and a holding tongue extending fromthe opposite surface of said base and passed through said cover.

2. In a pie marking apparatus, a rectangular receptacle, a rectangularcover detachably se,- cured to said receptacle, means for cuttinglymarking a 'pie positioned in said receptacle including a monobloc basedisposed below said cover and within said receptacle and having bladesextending therefrom and means for centering said base relative to saidcover, said last means including a tongue protruding from said base inthe opp-osite direction from said blades, and a slot in said coverreceiving said tongue therethrough whereby said tongue may be grasped asa handle.

HARRY P. SHAW.

REFERENCES CITEB The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

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